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The Bitter Waitress
Submitted by intexile on Fri, 09/15/2006 - 4:47pm.Waiter Rant
Submitted by intexile on Fri, 09/15/2006 - 4:44pm. Exactly what it sounds like - a blog for restaurant workers to vent about bad bosses, bad customers, and bad working conditions. Enjoy!
Fair Tip
Submitted by intexile on Fri, 09/15/2006 - 4:42pm. Did you ever wonder exactly who decided it was o.k. to pay restaurant servers less than one-half the minimum wage other workers are paid in the U.S.A.? You can bet it wasn’t someone who had spent much time hustling tables for tips! Maybe we should get a couple hundred thousand servers to join together, and ask if this is fair.
Who came up with the idea of calculating 3.5 - 4.5 % of the server sales for a shift, then taking this amount from tips to spread among the other restaurant workers? Sure, this motivates the support staff to provide better service, but why is it the sole burden of the server? If it is a motivation, why doesn’t the owner match this amount? This would be fair!
Occasionally, every restaurant or bar server has a night, when after they tip-out following a ten-hour shift they take home a lot less than minimum wage. It happens. Sometimes a table of 8 feel couple bucks apiece is enough on a $250 tab. Another table, upset with the kitchen stiffs the waiter altogether, as if the server cooks the food.
Who came up with the idea of calculating 3.5 - 4.5 % of the server sales for a shift, then taking this amount from tips to spread among the other restaurant workers? Sure, this motivates the support staff to provide better service, but why is it the sole burden of the server? If it is a motivation, why doesn’t the owner match this amount? This would be fair!
Occasionally, every restaurant or bar server has a night, when after they tip-out following a ten-hour shift they take home a lot less than minimum wage. It happens. Sometimes a table of 8 feel couple bucks apiece is enough on a $250 tab. Another table, upset with the kitchen stiffs the waiter altogether, as if the server cooks the food.
shamelessrestaurants.com
Submitted by intexile on Thu, 03/16/2006 - 1:25pm.This site is the voice of all struggling bar and restaurant workers.
It is clear that the food industry in our cities has been out of control, and the truth is that many restaurant employers are abusive, sexist, mean, sleazy and crooked, they will take advantage of anyone who is kind, young, naïve or new. The fact is the food industry makes billions of dollars from teenagers, college students, immigrants and others who work so hard so some CEO can get richer. That's why we need to share with one another what happens behind the scene, expose them, place them on the wall of shame. Make your voices heard loud and clear.
IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE!
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)
Submitted by intexile on Tue, 01/24/2006 - 6:14am.Service Worker Solidarity
Submitted by intexile on Mon, 01/23/2006 - 7:50am.Serving food, washing dishes and mopping floors is hard work that our campuses can't live without. But you wouldn't know if from the way some campus workers are treated.
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